ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH POLICY

 Environment and health "still high on EU agenda" ENDS Europe Daily, 13 June 2007 Article on EU’s mid-term review quotes Christian Farrar-Hockley and references HEAL press release

MERCURY AND HEALTH

 ’Zero Mercury’ in EU by 2011 Edienet, 29 June 2007 Quotes Lisette Van Vliet
 Environmental groups welcome EU Parliament vote for export ban and temporary storage of surplus mercury EU Business, 21 June 2007 Quotes Lisette Van Vliet (reprint of press release)
 MEPs back tougher mercury export ban ENDS Europe Daily, 20 June 2007 Link to joint press release, “EU Parliament votes for export ban and temporary storage of surplus mercury”
 Parliament clears way for mercury ban Euractiv 7 June 2007 Quotes Health and Environment Alliance from joint press release
 In French : Mercure:le Parlement europen encadre les flux Dechetcom (French professional press), 22 June 2007 (full article with comment from CNIID), at

CHEMICALS

 REACH EU chemical law comes into force EU politix 1 June 2007 Quotes Diana Smith

In French: Launch of REACH BFM Radio interview, 1 June 2007 BFM Belgique radio interview panel : Commission, CEFIC and Lisette Van Vliet, HEAL BFM is the top private continuous news radio stateio for the French community in Belgium. (File available from Lisette)

CHILDREN’S ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH

 EU urged to do more on children’s health EU Politix, 13 June 2007 Quotes Genon Jensen: “Investing in the poorest and minority groups provides huge opportunities for improving child health in Europe.”
 In German: WHO - Millionen Tote durch Umweltverschmutzung in Europa Reuters, 13 June 2007 Quotes Tamara Steger on CEPL-HEAL report on environmental justice
 In German: Giftige Umwelt gefahrdet arme Kinder Der Standard, 12 June Quotes Genon Jensen http://derstandard.at
 In Croatian: Savjetima protiv upotrebe žive, prestanku pušenja, do zdravijeg života Interview with Genon Jensen during Vienna conference Alert.com (Croatian environmental website) 26 June 2007 Also, interview featured on television news broadcast on Mladen ilic’s ecological TV show, 18 June 2007.

NANOTECHNOLOGY

 NGOs urge precautionary principle in use of nanomaterials Published: Thursday 14 June 2007 | Updated: Friday 15 June 2007 Quotes Lisette Van Vliet

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

 In German: Diskriminierte Roma-Kinder erleiden Gesundheitsschäden Reuters, 13 June 2007 (No longer available on website) Interview with Tamara Steger on the CEPL/HEAL report on environmental justice.